Samsung has launched its 2012 series of TVs, each containing a “Smart Evolution Kit”, allowing the TV to be upgraded. (Credit: Samsung) The range was initially announced at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. While Samsung was still light on the Evolution Kit details, it is essentially a system on a chip, …
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16 April
Sony Xperia Ice Cream Sandwich update begins
Sony has started rolling out the Android Ice Cream Sandwich update to its Xperia smart phones, starting with the Xperia Arc S, Neo V and Ray. Writing on its official blog, Sony confirmed that from today, all Xperia mobiles released in 2011 will start getting Ice Cream Sandwich. Those three devices listed above are up first, with the update arriving …
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16 April
Samsung issues official Galaxy S III invite
Good news everyone! Samsung has finally made it known when its much anticipated handset, the Galaxy S III, will be launched. While rumors had earlier pegged the event to be held on May 22 in London, the official invite sets a much earlier date of May 3. While no specs have been revealed so far, earlier rumors suggest it’ll sport …
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16 April
EU to investigate mobile wallet scheme
EU regulators are looking into competition concerns surrounding a joint venture in mobile payments by Everything Everywhere, Vodafone and O2. EU regulators are looking into competition concerns surrounding a joint venture in mobile payments by Everything Everywhere, Vodafone and O2. Orange The UK’s biggest cellular operators said in June that they were creating a clearing house for mobile payments, which …
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16 April
Samsung Galaxy S3 invite examined by our experts and readers
Samsung’s sent out invites to its ‘next Galaxy’ event on 3 May, nigh-on certain to be the official revealing of the Samsung Galaxy S3. But what can we glean from the cryptic splodgy graphic accompanying the invite? I asked our crack team of tech’sperts to have a guess level their immense intellects at decoding the invite. CNET UK editor Jason Jenkins …
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16 April
RIM eyes hiring investment bankers: First step to a sale?
Research In Motion is reportedly prepping to hire bankers to explore strategic alternatives. According to Bloomberg, RIM is looking for an adviser to explore options, which typically include a sale or restructuring. Analysts have been speculating on RIM’s breakup value for months, but the hang-up is often the same. RIM needs to steady its smartphone lineup and demonstrate the staying …
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16 April
Panasonic Eluga on sale 24 April, £365 SIM
Panasonic’s Eluga smart phone has a UK price and release date. Head over to the Expansys site and you can see it’ll be on sale on 24 April — just nine days away. And the price? If you want it SIM-free you’ll have to shell out £365, Unwired View reports. That’s a pound for every day of the year. Not …
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16 April
HTC One X owners fixing battery problem by themselves
HTC One X owners are reporting a battery boost — having applied an unofficial update to the quad-core smart phone, Engadget reports. According to a thread on XDA-Developers, a user by the name of mike1986 has identified that there’s a problem in the way HTC’s latest toy’s Tegra 3 chip manages its power reserves, and released an unofficial patch that …
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16 April
YouMail ditching BlackBerry app due to ‘steady exodus’
Visual voicemail company YouMail has added new features to its BlackBerry app but the company also said it will be the last update for the foreseeable future bound for RIM’s operating system as its users migrate to competing mobile OSes. The YouMail team originally started work on developing for the BlackBerry platform in 2007 and attributes some of its success …
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16 April
Samsung Windows Phone 8 smart phone coming this year?
Samsung’s cooking up a Windows Phone 8 mobile that will be launching in the second half of this year, according to rumours swirling around the Internet. Unwired View reports word from Chinese site ePrice, which claims Samsung Taiwan is cooking up a smart phone that’s going to be running on Windows Phone 8, the next version of Microsoft’s mobile OS. …
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